Get rugged

There are men, and then there is Sir Ranulph Fiennes. Remarkably, this Great British explorer turns 70 today. And the reason we say this is remarkable, is because he's done some absolutely bonkers things in his time.

He served eight years in the British Army before being seconded to the SAS, where he became a demolitions expert. After his Army career ended, Fiennes became the adventurer we see today...

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Fiennes has been up the White Nile on a hovercraft, he's traversed the world vertically, walking through both poles. He crossed Antarctica, ran seven marathons in seven days not long after having a double heart bypass, climbed the Eiger despite a life long fear of heights, and he once sawed a load of his own frostbitten fingers off in his garden shed.

So what is explorer style? Well outside of some serious scars, with serious stories and a weather beaten face, it's all about rugged twill shirts, chunky roll-necks, decent boots and a tough outdoor jacket. A massive snowy beard also helps, but we'll concede this isn't always an option.